3rd Cast Lead Counterfeit

All found at same site.
Lead casting happened here, found hundreds of mackeral jigs, net & fishing weights,
slag hunks everywhere, & a 30 lb stamped Chadwick ingot.
The piece found yesterday was folded, figured it was a slug used for fishing weight.
When I cleaned it, I saw some detail & pried it open, voila, reverse inside,
wreath & 'One Cent', Wreath resembles Draped style, which is one of the earlier ones I found, the other one is a George 11-111.
The weights on all are all wrong. (over), They are very poor copies.
I think they were producing these right here.
Good Day & HH to All!

"You ask where I live. I cannot tell you. I am a Voyageur, a Chicot, sir. I live everywhere. My grandfather was a voyageur; he died while on a voyage. My father was a voyageur; he died while on a voyage. I will also die while en route, and another Chicot will take my place. Such is our course of life."

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I love it when the finds tell the story of the activities of the earlier generations at a site ! Especially the illegal undocumented activities of our ansesters ! I hope you find some more evidence to prove your theory ! Good post and finds ! MaineRelic

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So, tell me . . . how do you find all this great stuff anyway?
Are you psychic, do you talk to the spirits of our ancestors . . .
or are you just a great metal detectorist!

Cheers buddy,
Dave

Thanks to all who replied!
Dave, I just dig almost everything that beeps.
It's more the sites than the skills I believe.
I have attempted short hunts at 2 promising foundations, & 2 early 1700s homesites, and just can't seem to read much through all the ferrous junk, I read a recent post that said 'anyone can find things at a 'clean' site, it's the hunters who can scan through the iron that get the finds'
I mostly hunt coastal areas from Mass to Maine, and often at a new rockpile or old boatyard, there will be finds sitting visible on the surface, though the price for hunting here is getting a lot of toasted items.
I have been practicing my patience with scanning slower & digging deeper hits that have questionable readings, with some success.
Coming to the end of my first season enjoying this hobby/obsession,
I am striving to increase my patience and skill.
I've been very fortunate in my first year, and I am grateful to the members of treasurenet for all your responses and help with ID's
Best wishes to You All & Great Digs!

Re: 3rd Cast Lead Counterfeit

So, tell me . . . how do you find all this great stuff anyway?
Are you psychic, do you talk to the spirits of our ancestors . . .
or are you just a great metal detectorist!

Cheers buddy,
Dave

Thanks to all who replied!
Dave, I just dig almost everything that beeps.
It's more the sites than the skills I believe.
I have attempted short hunts at 2 promising foundations, & 2 early 1700s homesites, and just can't seem to read much through all the ferrous junk, I read a recent post that said 'anyone can find things at a 'clean' site, it's the hunters who can scan through the iron that get the finds'
I mostly hunt coastal areas from Mass to Maine, and often at a new rockpile or old boatyard, there will be finds sitting visible on the surface, though the price for hunting here is getting a lot of toasted items.
I have been practicing my patience with scanning slower & digging deeper hits that have questionable readings, with some success.
Coming to the end of my first season enjoying this hobby/obsession,
I am striving to increase my patience and skill.
I've been very fortunate in my first year, and I am grateful to the members of treasurenet for all your responses and help with ID's
Best wishes to You All & Great Digs!

Thanks very much for sharing your hunting experience in such detail with us all Herbie.
It means a lot to guys like me that have only been metal detecting as a hobby for 7 months.
As you mentioned, patience is the key and slowing down the swing to hear those faint signals.

Cheers,
Dave

My passion is for hunting relic sites, as I feel the imprint of past lives often lingers there!Detectorists finds, are the background noise of antiquity!Don't question it ... just dig it!